In a 19-page court filing, the special prosecutors pursuing the financial securities fraud case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton delivered a scathing response to Paxton’s latest efforts to dismiss his three felony charges.
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Criminal Justice
Paxton Lawyers File Motions to Dismiss Securities Fraud Charges
Lawyers for Attorney General Ken Paxton have formally moved to dismiss the securities fraud charges against him.
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Public Education
Paxton Blasts “Never-Ending” School Suits
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday called for an end to “a never-ending cycle of perpetual litigation” over how the state funds its public schools, saying the courts should stay out of a legislative decision.
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Analysis: At Attorney General’s Office, Making the Best of a Bad Situation
Suppose the Texas agriculture commissioner had to recuse himself from any regulation of beef, or the state comptroller had to stay out of any tax cases involving motor fuel. The Texas attorney general actually has a problem like that.
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State Government
Paxton Files to Intervene in Austin Tax Lawsuit
Accusing the city of Austin of trying to “take control over Texas tax policy,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office asked a court Thursday to allow it to intervene in the city’s lawsuit challenging the state’s property appraisal system.
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Energy
Texas Part of Coalition Suing EPA Over Clean Power Plan
As promised, Texas is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over President Obama’s plan to combat climate change, Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Friday, just after the new regulation had been finalized.
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Health care
Texas Files New Obamacare Suit Over Health Insurer Fee
In Texas’ latest salvo against Obamacare, Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed suit over a fee states must help cover to pay for the sweeping federal health reform law.
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Criminal Justice
Under Indictment, Paxton Recuses Himself from Some Parts of Job
The office of Attorney General Ken Paxton says he is recusing himself from some of his professional responsibilities as he fights an indictment on securities fraud charges.
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Criminal Justice
Harris County to Paxton: We’re Still Suing Volkswagen
Harris County has politely declined Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request to drop its lawsuit against Volkswagen over the carmaker’s use of software that allowed its diesel vehicles to skirt emissions limits.
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Energy
Predictions of Woe from Federal Clean Air Plan Softened
President Obama’s plan to combat climate change will cause higher power prices in Texas and threaten electric reliability, but not as much as originally feared, operators of the state’s main grid, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas say in a new analysis.
